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Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS BellocGuide to the Hilaire Belloc collection of papers,1897-1950 The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Processed by: Staff Date Completed: 2006 Encoded By: Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Descriptive Summary Hilaire Belloc collection of papers, 1897-1950 Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Berg Coll MSS Belloc1,126 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

New York, New York

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, a travel diary for 1930, a commonplace book for 1924, and financial documents. Subjects Personal Names Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956. Duff, Juliet, Lady, 1881-1965. Herbert, Elizabeth Willard. Herbert, Mervyn. Lovat, Laura Lister Fraser, Lady, 1892- Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953. Norman, C. H. Oldershaw, Lucian Robert Frederic. Unwin, T. Fisher (Thomas Fisher), 1848-1935. Graham, Sybil Fleming, former owner. Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932, former owner. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Organizations A. P. Watt and Son. Subjects Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Document Types Correspondence Diaries Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include Lady Juliet Duff, Lady Sybil Graham, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, W. T. H. Howe, and Sir Edward Howard Marsh.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography

Hilaire Belloc was an English and French novelist, poet, translator, and literary critic.

Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, a travel diary for 1930, a commonplace book for 1924, and financial documents. The manuscripts and typescripts comprise poems, articles, and essays by the author. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1897 to 1942, to Edmund C. Bentley, Lady Juliet Duff, Elizabeth and Mervyn Herbert, Lady Laura Lovat, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, C. H. Norman, Lucian Oldershaw, T. Fisher Unwin, A. P. Watt and Son, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1929 to 1950, between various correspondents including Eleanor Jebb, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, A. P. Watt and Son, and others.

Series Descriptions Manuscripts & Typescripts Manuscripts Manuscript box [Ballade] Holograph poem. Written on verso of galley-proof n.d. ms. 1 item Manuscript box Beerbohm, Max. A Christmas Garland. Our Christmas by H*l**re B*ll*c. Holograph n.d. ms. 4 p. Manuscript box [Cautionary tales] 3 holograph poems. One poem in two drafts n.d. ms. 3 items Manuscript box [Cautionary tales] Holograph verses. Includes lines from "Rebecca" n.d. ms. 6 p. Manuscript box Chancery case, The. Holograph poem. Incomplete n.d. ms. 2 p.

With clipping of the printed poem with the author's ms. corrections and initials

Manuscript box Dumouriez' idea of isolating Austria from Prussia. Holograph notes on Reform club notepaper n.d. ms. 1 item Manuscript box [Envoi] Holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p. Manuscript box Essay for the better understanding of English history, An. Holograph notes and outline n.d. ms. 11 p. Manuscript box Essay for the better understanding of English history, An. Holograph notes, headed "Summary" n.d. ms. 7 p. Manuscript box Essay for the better understanding of English history, An. Holograph. Incomplete n.d. ms. 14 p. Manuscript box. In his: 147 ALS, 2 TL, 1 TLS, 3 postcards, 1 telegram to Lady Juliet Duff. 1914-1941. Letter of Sept. 24, 1936. Folder 24 [Farewell to Juliet] Holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

Published in his Complete verse, London, G. Duckworth, 1970, p. 107

Manuscript box Fragmentary draft of poem. Holograph n.d. ms. 2 p. Manuscript box "God made Juliet, God made me." Holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

Signed Came with his correspondence with Lady Juliet Duff

Manuscript box "God will find us all in order, when we get beyond the border." Holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p. Manuscript box Juliet on the stair; "Juliet said with new delight"; "Equal parts of glycerine & of rose water." Three holograph poems n.d. ms. 3 items

Signed Juliet on the Stair was published with the title On the stair Came with his correspondence with Lady Juliet Duff

Manuscript box [Ladies and gentlemen. The example] Two holograph drafts of poem n.d. ms. 2 items Manuscript box. In his: 147 ALS, 2 TL, 1 TLS, 3 postcards, 1 telegram to Lady Juliet Duff. 1914-1941. Letter of Oct. 12, 1933. Folder 20 Little owl that Juliet loved is dead, The. Holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

Published in his Complete verse, London, G. Duckworth, 1970, p. 105

Manuscript box [Lord Swaythling] Two holograph poems. Begin: "Lord Swaythling whom we loved & knew"; "Entertaining Montagu[e]?" n.d. ms. 1 items

One signed Enclosed in his: 147 ALS, 2 TL, 1 TLS, 3 postcards, 1 telegram to Lady Juliet Duff. 1914-1941. Letter of Sept. 30, 1932. Folder 19

Manuscript box [More peers?] Holograph poem n.d. ms. 3 p. Manuscript box [Praise of wine, The] Holograph fragments. Alternative titles: In praise of wine and An heroic poem in praise of wine n.d. ms. 5 folders

With envelope inscribed: "Begun somewhere about 1910 or 1911. Finished Dec. 21, 1931."

Manuscript box To the Balliol men still in Africa. Holograph verse n.d. ms. 1 p.

Differs from published form in his: Verses. London: Duckworth and Co., 1910, p. 26-27 Came with Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence

Manuscript box. In his: 466 ALS, 6 AL (incomplete), 5 ANS, 70 TLS, 1 telegram, 5 postcards to Elizabeth and Mervyn Herbert. Sept. 17, 1920-Oct. 5, 1945. Folder 66 [Untitled short verse] Holograph with ink drawing on verso of letter dated Feb. 14, 1934 ms. 1 item [Verses to Lady Juliet Duff] 44 holograph verses and 6 ANS. Most verses are part of ANS in addition to the six which contain none. Bound 1916 Dec. 31 - 1923 June 1 ms. 1 v.

Signed Bound for Lady Juliet Duff with her bookplate

Commonplace Books [Commonplace book] Holograph anthology of aphorisms and quotations 1924 Feb. commonplace books 100 p.

Signed Inscribed to Lady Sybil Graham

Diaries Manuscript box. In his: 466 ALS, 6 AL (incomplete), 5 ANS, 70 TLS, 1 telegram, 5 postcards to Elizabeth and Mervyn Herbert. Sept. 17, 1920-Oct. 5, 1945. Folder 22 [Travel diary] Typescript [1930] diaries 10 p. Typescripts Manuscript box Ballade of entertainment. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections 1909 typescripts (emended) 1 p. Manuscript box Battle of Blenheim, The. Typescript with the author's ms. Corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 9 p. [Cromwell] Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. For the London, Cassell, 1934, edition n.d. typescripts (emended) 440 p. [Crusades, The] The world's debate [Chapters 1-5] Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. 10 pages in an unidentified hand n.d. typescripts (emended) 130 p. Elizabethan commentary. Typescript n.d. typescripts 292 p.

Published London, Cassell, 1942

Milton. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 364 p. Manuscript box Miracle, The. Typescript draft of play with manuscript corrections. Last page, unnumbered, in holograph n.d. typescripts (emended) 15 p.

With 2 p. of holograph comments in unidentified hand; accompanied by his: ALS to Mr. Foss. May 18, 1914. 1 p.

Manuscript box New cautionary tales. Holographs, typescripts and one page proof of the nine poems in the volume n.d. typescripts 56 p. Manuscript box "Of threnodies upon theat [sic] deathless bird." Typescript draft of poem with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 1 p.

With additional line in an unidentified hand; accompanied by a ms. copy by Belloc of Edward III's alternative motto for the garter. 1 p. Came with his correspondence with Lady Juliet Duff

Oliver Cromwell. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. For Benn's sixpenny library edition, no. 252, London, 1927 n.d. typescripts (emended) 95 p. Manuscript box. In his: 143 ALS, 4 AL, 20 TLS to Lady Laura Lovat. Feb. 6, 1924-July 8, 1942. Folder 28 [On presenting a new idea or institution] Typescript draft n.d. typescripts 4 p. (Belloc) [One hundred and one ballades] Ballades urbane. Nos. I-LII. Another copy with no. V wanting and with Belloc's ms. note "not mine, G[ilbert] K[eith] C[hesterton] M[aurice] B[aring] [E. C.] Bentley [T. Michael] Pope, etc.(?)" typescripts 1 item (Belloc) [One hundred and one ballades] Ballades urbane. Nos. I-LII. Typescript of ballades with Belloc's ms. corrections typescripts 20 p.

Signed with initials "B. C." and three additional ones, the last signed (?) by J. S. Phillimore

(Belloc) [One hundred and one ballades] Ballades urbane. Nos. I-LII. Uncorrected typescript (carbon) typescripts 53 p. Manuscript box Praise of wine, The. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. Typescript for the Privately printed, Christmas, 1931 edition 1932 [ie. 1931] [Dec. 25] typescripts (emended) 9 p.

With additional fragment of p. 2

Manuscript box. In his: 466 ALS, 6 AL (incomplete), 5 ANS, 70 TLS, 1 telegram, 5 postcards to Elizabeth and Mervyn Herbert. Sept. 17, 1920-Oct. 5, 1945. Folder 39 [Recommended reading for children] Typescript [1931] typescripts 4 p. Servile state, The. Typescript with the author's ms. Corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 177 p.

Published, London: Foulis, 1912

Financial Documents Manuscript box (Belloc) English review. Check to Hilaire Belloc by Ford Madox Ford 1909 Mar. 12 financial docs. 1 item

Endorsed by Hilaire Belloc

Correspondence Outgoing Manuscript box Bentley, Edmund Clerihew. 4 ALS, 2 TLS, 2 TL, 1 postcard. Postcard, Aug. 8, 1903, comprises sonnet "Svampa, forswear the Muse...", triolet "The Pope is elected...", epigram "Had Svampa been elected..." and "Music hall chorus" 1897 Mar. 6 - 1916 Nov. 24 corr. Out 9 items in 2 folders Manuscript box Cazenove, C. F. LS, ALS, etc. 1911 - 1912 corr. Out 21 items Manuscript box Christy, Gerald. LS, ALS, etc. Correspondent is managing director of The Lecture Agency, ltd. 1909 - 1917 corr. Out 4 items

Accompanied by: Christy, Gerald. 5 TL (copies) to Hilaire Belloc. Nov. 23-Dec. 2, 1909

Manuscript box Clayton, ALS 1909 Mar. 11 corr. Out 1 p. Duff, Lady Juliet. 108 ALS, 2 TLS 1913 Nov. 3 - [1923 Nov. 1] corr. Out 110 items

Bound for Lady Juliet, with her bookplate

Manuscript box Duff, Lady Juliet. 147 ALS, 2 TL, 1 TLS, 3 postcards, 1 telegram 1914 Oct. 19 - 1941 Dec. 31 corr. Out 154 items in 31 folders

Letters of Sept. 30, 1932; Oct. 12, 1933; Sept. 24, 1936 enclose his holograph poems in folder 19, 20, 24

Manuscript box. In his: The miracle. Typescript draft of play with manuscript corrections, undated. 15 p. Foss, Mr. ALS 1914 May 18 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Herbert, Elizabeth and Mervyn. 466 ALS, 6 AL (incomplete), 5 ANS, 70 TLS, 1 telegram, 5 postcards 1920 Sept. 17 - 1945 Oct. 5 corr. Out 553 items in 127 folders

Accompanied by his: [Travel diary] [1930] Folder 22; [Recommended reading for children] [1931] Folder 39; [Untitled short verse] Feb. 14, 1934. Folder 66

Manuscript box Hunt, Violet. ALS 1911 Mar. 23 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Lovat, Lady Laura. 143 ALS, 4 AL, 20 TLS 1924 Feb. 6 - 1942 July 8 corr. Out 167 items in 34 folders

Accompanied by his: [On presenting a new idea or institution] Typescript draft, undated. 4 p. Folder 28

Manuscript box Lucas, Edward Verrall. 6 ALS, 2 TL. One undated 1904 Nov. 18 - 1934 Feb. 5 corr. Out 8 items Inserted in: Belloc, H. Verses. London [1910] Lucas, E. V. ALS 1924 Mar. 13 corr. Out 1 p.

Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. 3 ALS, 2 TLS, 1 card [1914 after Jan. 27] - 1939 Feb. 18 corr. Out 6 items Manuscript box Mitchell, TLS 1912 July 30 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Norman, C. H. TLS 1907 Sept. 19 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Norman, C. H. ALS 1907 Oct. 9 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Norman, C. H. TLS 1908 Feb. 25 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Norman, C. H. TLS 1908 Feb. 27 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Norman, C. H. ALS 1910 June 1 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Norman, C. H. TLS 1910 June 11 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box The Observer. TLS to the editor. Relates to the Lane pictures 1917 Jan. 8 corr. Out 3 p.

Came with Lady Gregory's papers

Manuscript box Oldershaw, Lucian. 3 ALS, 3 TLS, 14 TL 1899 Dec. 28 - 1916 Jan. 23 corr. Out 20 items in 4 folders Manuscript box Reynolds, Mr. TLS 1908 Nov. 30 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box T. Fisher Unwin, TLS 1904 Feb. 16 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Watt and Son, A. P. ALS, ANS 1903 July 18; 1903 Aug. 6 corr. Out 2 items Manuscript box S[--?], B[--?]. TLS 1910 Apr. 19 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box [--?]. ALS 1909 Feb. 14 corr. Out 1 p. Related Correspondence Manuscript box Baring. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Hilaire Belloc 1935 May 24 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Belloc) Jebb, Eleanor (Belloc). ALS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Eleanor Jebb is the daughter of Hilaire Belloc to whom this letter relates 1950 Aug. 7 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Pinker, J. B., firm) Letters, ALS, telegrams, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of James B. Pinker and son as literary agent for Hilaire Belloc 1929 corr. About 1 item